Fifth and final installment in multi-part series BY KERRI SCALES Rockland Solid Waste We’ve all heard the mantra…reduce, reuse, recycle and even rethink. But some “R’s” get more attention than others. Recycling is the more popular of terms, leaving reducing, reusing and rethinking, trailing behind in the shadows. Surprisingly, although recycling seems to be the […]
To the editor, The Stony Point supervisor and town board want to place two large electronic billboards in the town, claiming it will “better inform residents of town news and serve the public good.” But will a change in the town law instead add visual clutter to Route 9W and our major intersections and detract […]
To the Editor, The day of reckoning has come. We finally have a county executive [Ed Day] who is a strong leader, who has put together a fiscally responsible budget for Rockland County. The county must operate within its means, no longer can the county tax and spend, which put us over $100 million in debt […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA I am not normally one to knock memorializing resolutions. They’re short, snappy little things designed primarily to puff up their legislative sponsors and make nice news pieces while expending little if any taxpayer money. Likewise, I usually do not begrudge an executive, be it a county executive, governor, or president, for signing […]
BY DIANE DIMOND We have got to get smarter about controlling the ever-widening Ebola epidemic — and quickly. Ebola is not just a problem for the West African hotspots of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. And the Department of Homeland Security’s new system of simply questioning and taking the temperature of incoming air travelers from […]
To the Editor, I take my electronic “pen” in hand to write the following words of praise for the Spring Valley Rest Home. First I want to thank the Home’s Administrator, Mrs. Myrna Daos, for allowing me to live under the home’s roof. When few other facilities would consider me, Myrna gave me a chance. […]